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Several times I have come across this issue. It seems to be dependent on
the environment, but I'll do a "print 'string'" and it wont show up
UNTIL I do a "puts". Then both strings will show up in the output window
in one shot.
Do you know how I can fix it to work properly?

On Oct 9, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Aryk Grosz wrote:
> Several times I have come across this issue. It seems to be> dependent on> the environment, but I'll do a "print 'string'" and it wont show up> UNTIL I do a "puts". Then both strings will show up in the output> window> in one shot.>> Do you know how I can fix it to work properly?
It's your terminal doing line buffering on the output.
Try:
$stdout.flush = true
Then see how it works for you.
-Rob
Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com
Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com

Thanks for the information Rob.
Should I run this line before each "print" command or do I just need to
run it once upon application startup?
Rob Biedenharn wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Aryk Grosz wrote:>>> Several times I have come across this issue. It seems to be>> dependent on>> the environment, but I'll do a "print 'string'" and it wont show up>> UNTIL I do a "puts". Then both strings will show up in the output>> window>> in one shot.>>>> Do you know how I can fix it to work properly?>>> It's your terminal doing line buffering on the output.>> Try:> $stdout.flush = true>> Then see how it works for you.>> -Rob>> Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com> Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com

STDOUT.flush needs to be put after output, but before a gets call, for
example... however, STDOUT.sync=true can be done just once, and it sets
the
output to be flushed each time there is output.
Warmest Regards,